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Are people even bothering to report muggings and similar crimes in SF anymore?

• Bud 5y ago
  Are they bothering in NYC? Nope.
  • thebean11 5y ago
    I've been in both places recently and currently live in NYC. We may have to agree to disagree because to me, the difference is pretty stark.
• brimble 5y ago
  If they need to use insurance (say, on a phone) or are getting credit cards stolen in these incidents, then they probably are. Or passports, drivers licenses, et c. You don't report most crimes to the police because you expect them to solve them, anyway, because they won't even try, even if you can practically hand them all the evidence they need. That's true almost everywhere, not just SF. They're too busy with infractions that let them levy fines or confiscate lots of expensive stuff. You do it to check bureaucratic checkboxes with private entities that you'll need to deal with to fix various related problems.